Worcester man charged with hitting his girlfriend with baseball bat

WORCESTER 
A city man accused of hitting his girlfriend in the head with a baseball bat yesterday morning will be arraigned in Central District Court on attempted murder and assault charges.

Police were called to an apartment at 11 Ellsworth St. for a report of a woman screaming about 3:16 a.m. yesterday. The 47-year-old woman was found on a floor in the apartment with severe head trauma, according to police. She was taken to UMass Memorial Medical Center — University Campus with what police called non-life-threatening injuries.

The woman had head trauma, brain injuries and was listed in serious condition when she was treated at the hospital, officials said.

Police were told neighbors heard fighting inside the apartment for several hours and called police when they heard the woman screaming. The woman told detectives she was struck in the head with a bat by her boyfriend, a man identified by police as Brian Breault. His address in police arrest logs is listed as an apartment at 11 Ellsworth St.

Detectives learned Mr. Breault, 35, and his girlfriend had been fighting since Thanksgiving. He allegedly had been drinking and told someone he feared the blow to the head could be fatal, according to police.

Officers found Mr. Breault a few hours later in the Kelley Square area and arrested him. He has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and battery causing serious bodily injury, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and assault and battery.